A new approach to delivering drug information to the physician through a pharmacy consultation program— part iv: evaluation results

Efficacy and Cost-Containment in Hospital Pharmacotherapy: State of the Art and Future Directions

“…Eight studies attempted to evaluate clinical pharmacy services by simply reviewing patient charts to determine the percentage compliance by physicians with recommendations (Bell et al 1973;Hull and Eckel 1973;Briggs and Smith 1974;Greenlaw 1977;Schweigert, Oppenheimer, and Smith 1982;Lipman, Devenport, and Page 1982;Bouchard et al 1972;Hulse et al 1976). The overall acceptance rate of clinical pharmacists' suggestions ranged from 58 to 96 percent.…”

Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Services on Prescribing on a Cardiothoracic/Vascular Surgical Unit

“…Process and outcome measurements were used to assess the impact of the pharmacist providing monitoring and educational services. The study hypotheses were that: (1) clinical pharmacy services are associated with reductions in the cost of drug therapy and in the number of doses administered; (2) clinical pharmacy services are associated with reductions in antibiotic costs and in the number of antibiotic doses administered; and (3) clinical pharmacy services must be continuous to be effective. …”

Drug-Information Systems for Hospital Pharmacists

“…Professional judgement must and should be used on occasion, and is (Grace & Mertheimer, 1975;Troutman 1975;Ginn & Imoto, 1976), often without recourse to the literature (Bell et al, 1973). Professional judgement must and should be used on occasion, and is (Grace & Mertheimer, 1975;Troutman 1975;Ginn & Imoto, 1976), often without recourse to the literature (Bell et al, 1973).…”